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Bruce Guthrie
Libertarian
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- Retired sales and marketing executive; teacher; small business owner
Listed in the official Washington voters' pamphlet. Elected experience: This is my seventh campaign as a Libertarian in Washington since 2002.
Bruce Guthrie is a retired sales and marketing executive who began a second career in teaching and owns a small business. He has run as a Libertarian in Washington seven times since 2002 and won the 2024 U.S. long track speed skating national championship in the 60-64 age class.
Everything costs too much. Gas. Groceries. Rent. The cause of inflation is bad government policies. Our State gas tax is among America’s highest. Excessive taxes on businesses raise grocery prices. The rent is high because of high property taxes and over-regulation. Government spending in WA is at record levels. Tax revenues, too. …
Candidate's statement in the official Washington voters' pamphlet · Washington Secretary of State
Guthrie's experience
- Elected experience: This is my seventh campaign as a Libertarian in Washington since 2002.
- Other professional experience: I am a retired Sales and Marketing Executive, with a second career in teaching. Small business owner. 2024 US Long Track Speed Skating National Champion, 60-64 age class.
- Community service: Former Washington Special Olympics Speed Skating Coach for 10 years. Coach and Co-Founder of the Whatcom Speed Skating Club, Bellingham. International Society for Individual Liberty donor. Private school substitute teacher, donor, volunteer. Volunteer kids' soccer coach. Collected about 200 signatures on the six, 2024 Let's Go WA initiatives.
Guthrie's education
- BA Cornell U., MBA Northwestern U., Masters in Teaching, Seattle U. 2008
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Lillian Ortiz-Self
DemocraticIncumbent
- In office now
- State Representative, District 21 (since 2013)
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- State Representative, 21st District (Majority Caucus Chair); school counselor, Everett School District
Listed in the official Washington voters' pamphlet. Elected experience: State Representative; Majority Caucus Chair; Education Committee Member; Children, Youth and Families Committee Member; Labor/Workplace Standards and the Rules Committee Member
Lillian Ortiz-Self is a state representative and the House Majority Caucus Chair. She is a school counselor in the Everett School District and a mental health counselor, and has directed a mental health center and worked for the Illinois State Board of Education.
As a school counselor, I’m proud to have secured equitable investments in early learning, education, and technical and career training. … As your representative, I will continue working to strengthen our local economy through support for small businesses, protections for workers, an infrastructure that supports a clean economy and protections from harmful government overreach. …
Candidate's statement in the official Washington voters' pamphlet · Washington Secretary of State
Ortiz-Self's experience
- Elected experience: State Representative; Majority Caucus Chair; Education Committee Member; Children, Youth and Families Committee Member; Labor/Workplace Standards and the Rules Committee Member
- Other professional experience: Everett School District/School Counselor, Mental Health Counselor, Small Business Owner, Clinical and Executive Director/Mental Health Center, Illinois State Board of Education/Regional Coordinator, Department of Children and Family Services Education Advisor
- Community service: Legislative Education Opportunity and Accountability Gap Statewide Committee Co-Chair, Wa State Latino Democratic Caucus Co-Chair, Executive Councilmember of the National Hispanic Council of State Legislators, Chair Governors Commission of Hispanic Affairs
Ortiz-Self's education
- Masters in Public Administration and Masters in Counseling, Drake University
Ortiz-Self's committees
- Early Learning & Human Services
- Education
- Labor & Workplace Standards
- Rules